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1876-1877 (Sumatra, Java, Amboina). — Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, 

 p. 44, 1884 (Indian Seas). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 

 vol. 14, p. 19, 1885 (North Celebes). — Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 350, 1902 (Formosa, Giran). — Jordan and Richard- 

 son, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, No. 4, p. 189, 1909 (Giran). — Fowler, 

 Copeia, No. 58, p. 64, 1918 (Philippines). — Herre and Montalban, 

 Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 33, No. 4, p. 421, pi. 4, fig. 2, 1927 (Banaran and 

 Sitanki Islands). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 281 

 (Philippines); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 215, 1928 (Hawaiian Islands); 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 609 (Hong Kong); Mem. 

 Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 (reference). 



Letrinus leutjanus Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 482, 1895 (Luzon, Manila 

 Bay) . (Error.) 



Leihrinus sordidus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 298, 1830 (type 

 locality: New Guinea). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, 

 p. 121, 1876-1877 (copied). 



Lethrinus cocosensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 7, p. 40, 1854 

 (type locality : Nova Selma, Cocos-Keeling Islands). — GIjnther, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 459, 1859 (compiled). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 N6erland, vol. 8, p. 121, pi. (18)296, fig. 1, 1876-1877 (Cocos, Celebes, Hal- 

 maheira. New Guinea). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 215, 1928 

 (note) . 



Lethrinus glyphodon Gunther. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 462, 1859 (type 

 locality: Louisiades). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 

 vol. 1, p. 49, 1930 (Yaeyama, Riu Kiu). 



Lethrinus gliphodon Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, 

 p. 350, 1879. 



7Lethrinus fascialus (not Valenciennes) Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 82, 

 1865 (type locality: Australia). 



1 Lethrinus fusciceps Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 2, p. 350, 

 pi. 8, fig. 1, 1878 (type locality: Port Darwin). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 2 to 2%. Snout 1% to 2% in 

 head; eye 3K to 4^, 1% to 2^ in snout, sHghtly greater than interorbital 

 to IJs with age; maxillary reaches opposite front nostril, little short of 

 front nostril in young, length 2% to 2% in head; lips moderately thick, 

 coriaceous; teeth as broad vilUform bands in front of each jaw, with 

 outer row of enlarged conic teeth, of which 4 front ones above and 

 below caninelike and last 3 or 4 each side enlarged as conic molars; 

 interorbital 4 to 4^, broadty convex; naked regions of head finely 

 rugose. Gill rakers 4 + 5, short, broad, low tubercles, about % of 

 gill filaments. 



Scales 44 to 46 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on 

 latter; 6 above, 14 or 15 below, 8 predorsal; small scales on caudal and 

 pectoral bases. Scales with 13 to 21 basal radiating striae, w^ith 4 to 7 

 incomplete auxiharies; 70 to 140 apical denticles, with. 5 to 22 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. X, 9, I, fourth spine 2% to 3% in head, fourth ray 2% to 2%o; 

 A. Ill, 8, I, third spine 3K to 3%, first ray 3 to 3%; caudal 1% to 1%, 

 deeply emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 to 3%; pectoral 

 iXoto IK; ventral l^to 1%. 



